The current medical exam Form I-693 has expired on August 31, 2009. The USCIS will continue to accept this form despite its expiration date until a revised form is published. The revised form is currently in progress and not yet available. Please submit the completed Form I-693, sealed in an…
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division on August 25, 2009, denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to an amendment to the Federal Appropriation Regulation (FAR) that makes E-Verify mandatory for federal contractors. As a result, as of September 8, 2009, the FAR requires participating vendors…
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced on August 20 that his Office has shut down three New York companies providing unauthorized and fraudulent legal services to immigrant communities, in the latest stages of his ongoing investigation into immigration fraud. Under the terms of the agreements secured by Cuomo’s Office, Immigration…
Facebook be careful, DHS now offers a social network website called Our Border that allows for an open dialogue with a wide network of people interested in Southwest border issues. The website offers groups such as Comprehensive Immigration Reform, USCIS, CBP, and ICE. I guess they have a lot of…
U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson, Southern District of Texas has announced sentencing and convicting of a Houston based Immigration attorney for money laundering and conspiring to engage in visa fraud. Kenneth L. Rothey, of Houston, pleaded guilty last Tuesday and was sentenced to 14 months in prison by U.S. District Judge…
US economy is finally coming out of recession and one of the worst financial crisis since the economy meltdown. This was declared recently by Ben Bernanke, Chairman of Federal Reserve. Bernanke added that situation is improving in rest of the world too including US. Bernanke stressed that despite much progress…
Recently AILA shared some information about special immigrant religious workers. USCIS reminds special immigrant religious workers, who have a pending or approved Form I-360, to file their Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status,(Form I-485), on or before Aug. 31, 2009. Special immigrant religious workers who wish to file…
As the prospects for Immigration reform are becoming more of a reality, so does the debate about illegal Immigration is more real than ever. A story just came in from CNN an Arizona man caught leaving water bottles in the desert for illegal immigrants has been sentenced to 300 hours…
Recently AILA shared some information about a “new” benefit fraud assessment program in which USCIS is beginning to use the millions of dollars it has received over the last decade from the “fraud fee” in the H-1B program. This new program involves the hiring of a private contractor to send…
California taxpayers need to cover higher fees of private lawyers, who are hired by the state as the Attorney General’s Office doesn’t have the staff to handle all of the cases internally. In some instances, the state has employed outside counsel at hourly rates that reach $450 even while most…